Farm Business

Industry has slammed Environment Agency (EA) employees for their ’aggressive, heavy-handed approach’ when tackling minor farm pollution issues.

Harley Grange Farm may appear a traditional hill farm, but the Hodgkinson family are not afraid to innovate and move with the times. Chloe Palmer finds out more.

Potatoes and other field vegetables have suffered during another very hot and dry week, but prices are not keeping up with the reduction in yield

Heating oil, diesel and other fuels are expected to be hot ticket-items for thieves this year. Hannah Binns and Toby Whatley explore why this is the case and what measures can be put in place to protect businesses.

A move by a county show to outlaw cow’s milk in favour of an oat-based substitute has been condemned by farming groups.

Many UK farmers are feeling the heat as prolonged dry weather puts businesses under increasing pressure.

Defra is powerless to address the ongoing labour crisis across the food and farming industry, Nick Allen, chief executive of the British Meat Processors Association has warned.

Industry has hit out at a new ‘eco label’ designed by academics at Oxford University, warning it treats meat produced in different systems in the same way.

Defra is ‘powerless’ to address the ongoing labour crisis across the food and farming industry, Nick Allen, chief executive of the British Meat Processors Association has warned.